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Giovanni Pellacani

Giovanni Pellacani

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27274
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Overview

Giovanni Pellacani is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a significant body of work in Dermatology, Oncology, Epidemiology, Immunology, and Immunology and Allergy.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including:

  • Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
  • Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research
  • Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis
  • Dermatologic Treatments and Research
  • Skin Protection and Aging

Giovanni Pellacani has co-authored numerous papers with frequent collaborators such as Caterina Longo, Francesca Farnetani, Stefania Guida, Silvana Ciardo, and Maria Concetta Fargnoli.

The scientist's research has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
  • Dermatology Practical & Conceptual
  • Italian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology
  • Dermatologic Therapy
  • Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Notable recent publications include:

  • European consensus-based interdisciplinary guideline for melanoma. Part 1: Diagnostics: Update 2022, 2022, European Journal of Cancer
  • European consensus-based interdisciplinary guideline for melanoma. Part 2: Treatment - Update 2022, 2022, European Journal of Cancer
  • European consensus-based interdisciplinary guideline for melanoma. Part 1: Diagnostics - Update 2019, 2020, European Journal of Cancer
  • Diagnosis and treatment of Merkel cell carcinoma: European consensus-based interdisciplinary guideline - Update 2022, 2022, European Journal of Cancer
  • Melasma treatment: a systematic review, 2021, Journal of Dermatological Treatment

Giovanni Pellacani has also contributed to the publication of books, with one notable work titled Color Atlas of Dermoscopy published in 2020 by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.

Best Publications

  • The impact of in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy for the diagnostic accuracy of melanoma and equivocal melanocytic lesions.

    Giovanni Pellacani;Pascale Guitera;Caterina Longo;Michelle Avramidis

  • Dermoscopic evaluation of amelanotic and hypomelanotic melanoma

    Menzies Sw;Kreusch J;Byth K;Pizzichetta Ma

  • The Impact of In Vivo Reflectance Confocal Microscopy on the Diagnostic Accuracy of Lentigo Maligna and Equivocal Pigmented and Nonpigmented Macules of the Face

    Pascale Guitera;Giovanni Pellacani;Kerry A. Crotty;Richard A. Scolyer;Richard A. Scolyer

  • In vivo confocal microscopy for diagnosis of melanoma and basal cell carcinoma using a two-step method: analysis of 710 consecutive clinically equivocal cases.

    Pascale Guitera;Scott W. Menzies;Caterina Longo;Anna M. Cesinaro

  • Reflectance-mode confocal microscopy of pigmented skin lesions--improvement in melanoma diagnostic specificity.

    Giovanni Pellacani;Anna Maria Cesinaro;Stefania Seidenari

  • Reflectance Confocal Microscopy for In Vivo Skin Imaging

    Piergiacomo Calzavara-Pinton;Caterina Longo;Marina Venturini;Raffaella Sala

  • In Vivo Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Enhances Secondary Evaluation of Melanocytic Lesions

    Pascale Guitera;Giovanni Pellacani;Caterina Longo;Stefania Seidenari

  • Accuracy in melanoma detection: A 10-year multicenter survey

    Giuseppe Argenziano;Lorenzo Cerroni;Iris Zalaudek;Stefania Staibano

  • Dynamic Optical Coherence Tomography in Dermatology

    Martina Ulrich;Lotte Themstrup;Nathalie de Carvalho;Marco Manfredi

  • In vivo reflectance confocal microscopy imaging of melanocytic skin lesions: Consensus terminology glossary and illustrative images

    Alon Scope;Cristiane Benvenuto-Andrade;Anna-Liza C. Agero;Josep Malvehy

  • Skin aging: In vivo microscopic assessment of epidermal and dermal changes by means of confocal microscopy

    Caterina Longo;Alice Casari;Francesca Beretti;Anna Maria Cesinaro

  • Diet and physical exercise in psoriasis: a randomized controlled trial

    Luciana Naldi;A Conti;S Cazzaniga;Annalisa Patrizi

  • European consensus-based interdisciplinary guideline for melanoma. Part 2: Treatment - Update 2019.

    Claus Garbe;Teresa Amaral;Ketty Peris;Axel Hauschild

  • The spectrum of Spitz nevi: a clinicopathologic study of 83 cases

    Gerardo Ferrara;Giuseppe Argenziano;H. Peter Soyer;Sergio Chimenti

  • In vivo confocal microscopic and histopathologic correlations of dermoscopic features in 202 melanocytic lesions.

    Giovanni Pellacani;Caterina Longo;Josep Malvehy;Susana Puig

  • Reflectance confocal microscopy as a second-level examination in skin oncology improves diagnostic accuracy and saves unnecessary excisions: a longitudinal prospective study.

    Giovanni Pellacani;Patrizia Pepe;Alice Casari;Caterina Longo

  • Classifying distinct basal cell carcinoma subtype by means of dermatoscopy and reflectance confocal microscopy

    Caterina Longo;Aimilios Lallas;Athanassios Kyrgidis;Harold Rabinovitz

  • European consensus-based interdisciplinary guideline for melanoma. Part 1: Diagnostics - Update 2019.

    Claus Garbe;Teresa Amaral;Ketty Peris;Axel Hauschild

  • Identification of Muir-Torre syndrome among patients with sebaceous tumors and keratoacanthomas: role of clinical features, microsatellite instability, and immunohistochemistry.

    Giovanni Ponti;Lorena Losi;Carmela Di Gregorio;Luca Roncucci

  • In vivo assessment of melanocytic nests in nevi and melanomas by reflectance confocal microscopy.

    Giovanni Pellacani;Anna Maria Cesinaro;Stefania Seidenari

Frequent Co-Authors

Giuseppe Argenziano
Giuseppe Argenziano University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Iris Zalaudek
Iris Zalaudek University of Trieste
Costantino Grana
Costantino Grana University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Susana Puig
Susana Puig University of Barcelona
Josep Malvehy
Josep Malvehy University of Barcelona
Andrea Conti
Andrea Conti University of Ferrara
Ashfaq A. Marghoob
Ashfaq A. Marghoob Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
H. Peter Soyer
H. Peter Soyer University of Queensland
Gregor B. E. Jemec
Gregor B. E. Jemec University of Copenhagen
Richard A. Scolyer
Richard A. Scolyer Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

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